Science Fiction Quotes

Memories tell me who I was, not who I’ll become. They don’t fix the present any more than they fix the past.

Your thoughts are transparent.

The main thing about aliens is that they are alien. They feel no responsibility for fulfilling any of your expectations. (Dark City Lights)

There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped towards new ends.

We’re all the same. We all have the means to save ourselves and carry ourselves home.

Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.

Nice dress, ” Victoria said.“Thank you, ” Perpetua said. “Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?”Victoria blinked. “Uh, what?

A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes

Sometimes you gotta say what's in your heart... And you have to stand for what you believe. No matter what." ~'Dr. Michael C. Anders,

Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.”~Sherlock Holmes

Suddenly the images in the center of the room became more than images. They solidified.

The world is only as small as your mind makes it.

Cattle... it called us cattle...We're hamburger, you mean.

(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.

It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak of you, than the name by which you are addressed.

I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement ... anywhere ... ever.

Funny story. A bunch of people -- the cult -- blame the appearance of abilities on the invention of the internet.

To describe a kiss is to describe a diary entry or a pair of underwear—each is personal and private, slightly awkward. Very awkward. But necessary.

When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God.

While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.

Her eyes flashed, hot and angry, like lightening cutting through a red sunset.

Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent

Do we exist because others perceive our existence, or is, indeed, our own affirmation enough?

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

When you will you learn that we all have our place, our parts to play?”I scoffed, wincing as the slices on my back pulled. “When will you learn that it’s up to you if you play those parts or not?

Let your life be a song. Let music be the background of whatever human things you will do for this blazing, spinning planet, and never let go of the good, never let go of the kindness.

Why aren’t you smiling?” Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.“Because this is the beginning, not the end.

She waits for his reprimand or words of disapproval.He kisses her instead. Hard. Lips demanding, fingers tightening on her chin. He consumes her with this single act.

Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesn’t care, because if it did, it would’ve reversed.

You should’ve told me, ” she repeats. “Because here’s a news flash: You might’ve wanted to shelter me, but there’s nowhere you can hide me that’ll keep me safe from what’s inside my head.

You didn’t tell Summer about it, did you?”“What?” Gage scoffs. “Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.

Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, that’s what they called her. A time bomb.Tick, tick, tick.

Just in case you’re wondering, ” Gage says, breaking the silence, “this alliance of ours doesn’t mean I like you.”“Feeling’s mutual.” Julian tosses him a disdainful look.

Dammit, Gage. What the hell were you thinking?”“I wasn’t, ” he shouts. “I was upset she wanted to stay, and I lost it.”Ethan scoffs. “Yeah, you did.”“I’m an idiot.”“Yeah, you are.”“Shut up.

Time is a thief. A killer. Time is killing him.

Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. “Dammit!” he says again with more feeling. “Why does stuff like this keep happening?”“You say that as if it’s a bad thing, ” Rob says, smirking.

The night surrounds, breathes across her skin. They’re lost in the shadows of the moon.

I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street.""You don't get scars.""Emotional scars then.

You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's a pretty incredible sentiment, coming from you.

I sort of liked the sound of bones breaking. It was like home.

The day the nation voted on whether I’d live or die, I woke up with a headache.

I’d rather be known as a freak than a science project.

The screech of tyres, an almighty bang and a car exploded through the playground wall like a high-velocity bullet through a watermelon.

Love or hate my work. I write not to impress. It's just in me to give.

Suddenly, a high-pitched sound blasted into the room. The floor began shaking beneath her feet. She paused for a moment, wondering if she was causing this.

He was protecting me with just the tips of his fingers, like five miniature copies of his heart touching my skin.

This is the legacy of a compassionate bunch. Our fate now rests on the whims of men.

If you jotted down all of my ill-thought out comments, you could write a book entitled, Guide to Getting Punched in the Throat for Boneheads-Mad Hatter in "Death of the Mad Hatter" (Coming Soon!)

She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.

With the warmth of an alien sun on his back, Jacob took a deep breath at the door and knocked.